Live Action Cowboy Bebop

[haseoxth]

I'm sure people browsing the intarwebz have read about the up coming live action adaption of Shinichiro Wanatabe's anime, Cowboy Bebop. If not, heres some linkage.

And the one thing that has so far pissed me off is the fact that Keanu Reeves has been confirmed to play Spike Spiegel.


Well.... Flam-I mean discuss.

[LegendaryDarkKnight]

I'm going to buy some x-ray goggles so I can see Faye's boobs on the big screen.

[haseoxth]

Granted they get someone who have the right proportions.... Which I doubt. Spike isn't even right. Keanu Reeves is an emotionless bastard. Spike was the great man of sarcasm.

[_Tri-edge_]

And the one thing that has so far pissed me off is the fact that Keanu Reeves has been confirmed to play Spike Spiegel.

......................My hopes....have been shattered....

Anyways, I think Cowboy Bebop will actually be a good choice to make into a movie, instead
of "Dragonball" and "Street Fighter." -_-

[Erranty]

Keanu Reeves could actually be good, but he'd need to room with Steve Blum for about 6 months in order to get rid of that HORRIBLE Californian accent. He's pretty close looks wise to spike, but having to artificially curl his hair into a black-green fro is going to be hell.

As far as who should play Faye? Selma Blair is the only person I could see doing the job right... but people would automatically think of Hellboy.

I don't think there's a single person on the planet they could get to accurately portray Radical Edward! Oh man, Ed was my favorite character. But they could ruin Ed in a heartbeat with Dakota Fanning.

Jet is another case where it could be easily messed up, because his whole thing was his voice, and without that the character is worthless.

Vicious... Impossible...

Julia would need to be as classy-beautiful as a young Catherine Zeta-Jones, with as beautiful of a voice as the original VA (my favorite VA, Mary McGlynn). Cannot be Scarlet Johannson, Jessica Beil, Jessica Alba, or any other famous actress. Or the feeling wont be the same as what we got from Julia.

[haseoxth]

Keanu Reeves could actually be good, but he'd need to room with Steve Blum for about 6 months in order to get rid of that HORRIBLE Californian accent.

6 months? Make it six years.

I don't think there's a single person on the planet they could get to accurately portray Radical Edward! Oh man, Ed was my favorite character. But they could ruin Ed in a heartbeat with Dakota Fanning.

Bubble bursting time. Apparently there's a good chance we won't see either Ed or Ein in the movie. Keanu said in an older interview that since they had only 2 hours to tell a coherent story they'd start out with the 'Red Eye' subplot, pick and choose stuff in between and then skip right to the end with the crime syndicate.

Jet is another case where it could be easily messed up, because his whole thing was his voice, and without that the character is worthless.

Samuel L. Jackson might be a good choose. Maybe Ving Rahmes or Micheal Clark Duncan.

[Erranty]

Jet is another case where it could be easily messed up, because his whole thing was his voice, and without that the character is worthless.

Samuel L. Jackson might be a good choose. Maybe Ving Rahmes or Micheal Clark Duncan.

Laurence Fishburn would be nice, but that would mean too many people from the matrix would be in it, and Fishburn doesn't display surprised emotion very well, and that's necessary if he's going to be Jet.

Also, I hadn't really thought of making Jet black since he wasn't in the show, but now that I think about it, it would kinda fit. But NO WAY on Michael Clark Duncan, he's a good actor and all, but he just doesn't have that EX-Cop cyborg feel.

[Epitaph Of Daybreak]

There making a cowboy bebop movie with real people??? that is weard...I hope they dont make it retarted but....I really cant see a movie of cowboy bebop being good if it wasent animated. (sorry for the bad spelling)

[Tri-edgeXHaseo fan]

Granted they get someone who have the right proportions.... Which I doubt. Spike isn't even right. Keanu Reeves is an emotionless bastard. Spike was the great man of sarcasm.

I agree with you on Keanu Reeves being so emotionless. I don't think he will fully ruin Spike's character, but there are better people out there who can display more emotion.

Also, is 2009 going to be the year of the anime/video game real action movies?

[haseoxth]

Actually....its 2010. Next year we'll see Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, and possibly Ninja Scroll.

[Erranty]

Actually....its 2010. Next year we'll see Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, and possibly Ninja Scroll.

Really not looking forward to a GitS without Mary McGlynn as the voice of Motoko Kusanagi... Akira I could see the motorcycle stuff, but not the transformation stuff. Ninja scroll is just a bad idea.

[Kuukai]

Akira and Ghost In the Shell both stand to be culturally butchered and completely lose track of the original premise the same way Dragonball did. I think Ninja Scroll would probably be horrible too but I don't think it's quite as easy to screw up. It is possible to make a ninja movie without suddenly Americanizing everything. On the other hand, from what I've read about Cowboy Bebop, it might actually be a good movie. Maybe. Keanu Reeves could do a good job. I love Bill and T-... I mean the Matrix Trilogy is severely underrated and I think he could match the "flavor" of Cowboy Bebop. Throw in Youko Kanno and a large budget and you have a decent movie that will withstand anything else they throw at it... Disclaimer: I loved Speed Racer...

[S1lentOp]

I don't know why some of you are complaining about this movie or any of the other movies mentioned as if an American live-action film adaptation of a Japanese anime is something we should all expect to be good or even passably decent. It's not going to ruin the anime anymore than the Street Fighter movies ruined Street Fighter or the Mario movie ruined Mario Bros. It's just going to annoy a lot of Cowboy Bebop fans while it's in theaters, but they'll still keep watching Cowboy Bebop and still keep saying that it's a great anime. The only difference is now they'll have to qualify all of their praises with "except for the live-action movie."

[Tri-edgeXHaseo fan]

Actually....its 2010. Next year we'll see Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, and possibly Ninja Scroll.

Akira!? Really? o.o I can't wait to see that one!

Something about a live action Akira movie appeals to me...

[bloodwolf2a2]

These movies sound like they might be interesting I think I might go and see them.

[Kuukai]

I don't know why some of you are complaining about this movie or any of the other movies mentioned as if an American live-action film adaptation of a Japanese anime is something we should all expect to be good or even passably decent.

They could be, though. It's the betrayal of the dream that each and every adaptation could be an Iron Man that drives fans nuts. Instead, series names are tossed around as "hot IPs", sold to people who have no idea what they're working on because charts say it will sell well. There's kind of a fallacy that has developed that says that there can't be an adaptation that appeases both hardcore fans and mainstream audiences, and I don't think that's true. At best it's self-fulfilling, and leads to a craptastic compromise of the original material that no one wants to see. I guess what I'm trying to say is, just because the status quo is that adaptations suck, that doesn't mean there's a good reason for it. Getting angry about it seems like a nice way to give feedback...

[TheEnigma]

Somebody please just put a bullet in between my eyes right now.

[S1lentOp]

Somebody please just put a bullet in between my eyes right now.

My pleasure.

[haseoxth]

I now have some hope for this movie.

http://www.japanator.com/elephant/post.phtml?pk=9533

At least SOMEONE cares about what happens to the work.*looks at Akira Toriyama*

[Haseo-Skaith]

I'm going to wait tell I see it before dissing it. We might get lucky and they could do a great job. If you go into it thinking 'its gonna suck', then it will suck. Because you are not going in with an open mind. Much the same way people who hate dubs will always say they suck no matter how good they really are. They've already passed judgement before ever seeing it.

Anyway I've always thought that Cowboy Bebop would be one of those few anime shows that would actually translate well to live action. Because there are a lot of realistic issues and ideas in the show.

And I wouldn't expect them to stick to the shows original story too closely, or else it won't be interesting. If they copied the show scene for scene then there wouldn't be a point in making it since I could just stay home and watch my DVD's instead. It has to be original or else it won't get anyone attention.